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But thanks to audience members incensed over Sander’s votes and statements in support of Israel’s summer military offensive against the Gaza Strip, which killed over 2,150 Palestinians, things didn’t go exactly as planned.

Sen. Bernie Sanders at NYC climate change event called on to answer for his vote backing the Gaza slaughter pic.twitter.com/Ej78QI1zoe

GAZA, PALESTINE, November 30 – Isra Almodallal, spokeswoman for the Palestinian government in Gaza, addresses a rally in Palestine Square (al-Saha). The event is part of a global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer-Begin Plan, a proposal in the Israeli Knesset that would displace tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin from dozens of villages in the Naqab/Negev region. (Photo by Joe Catron)

GAZA, PALESTINE, November 30 – Isra Almodallal, spokeswoman for the Palestinian government in Gaza, addresses a rally in Palestine Square (al-Saha). The event is part of a global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer-Begin Plan, a proposal in the Israeli Knesset that would displace tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin from dozens of villages in the Naqab/Negev region. (Photo by Joe Catron)

GAZA, PALESTINE, November 30 – An Intifada Youth Coalition activist waves the organization’s banner from a sound truck during a rally in Palestine Square (al-Saha). The event is part of a global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer-Begin Plan, a proposal in the Israeli Knesset that would displace tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin from dozens of villages in the Naqab/Negev region. (Photo by Joe Catron)

GAZA, PALESTINE, November 30 – An Intifada Youth Coalition activist waves the organization’s banner from a sound truck during a rally in Palestine Square (al-Saha). The event is part of a global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer-Begin Plan, a proposal in the Israeli Knesset that would displace tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin from dozens of villages in the Naqab/Negev region. (Photo by Joe Catron)

GAZA, PALESTINE, November 30 – Majed Abusalama, spokesman for the Intifada Youth Coalition, addresses a rally in Palestine Square (al-Saha). The event is part of a global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer-Begin Plan, a proposal in the Israeli Knesset that would displace tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin from dozens of villages in the Naqab/Negev region. (Photo by Joe Catron)

GAZA, PALESTINE, November 30 – Majed Abusalama, spokesman for the Intifada Youth Coalition, addresses a rally in Palestine Square (al-Saha). The event is part of a global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer-Begin Plan, a proposal in the Israeli Knesset that would displace tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin from dozens of villages in the Naqab/Negev region. (Photo by Joe Catron)

The Hussam Association, a Gaza, Palestine-based society of current and former Palestinian detainees, e-mailed this statement calling for legal action against British-Danish security firm G4S, which holds contracts in Israeli prisons and checkpoints.

Khalil S. Shaheen, Head of the Economic Unit at the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, talks about the Gaza economy under the siege, how the occupation and the siege affect directly the economy, and therefore the development of the oppressed Palestinian people, denying them the right to develop and have normal lives as human beings.

Families and supporters of Palestinians detained by Israel held a weekly sit-in in the International Committee of the Red Cross’ Gaza office Monday morning. Israel has agreed to release 26 veteran prisoners, including 14 from the Gaza Strip, as part of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority in Washington, DC.